The breeding of strawberries

Okay kiddo, let me tell you all about how strawberries get made.

First, there are something called "parent plants." These plants have special parts called "flowers" that help them make new baby plants. When two different parent plants really like each other, they can make a special kind of baby plant called a "seed."

The seeds for strawberries are really, really tiny! They look like little specks of dirt. When the seeds are planted in the ground and given lots of good things like light, water, and food in the soil, they start to grow!

As the baby plants grow up, they either turn into boy plants or girl plants. Boy plants make a special powder called "pollen" that they use to fertilize the girl plants. This means the boy plant's pollen helps the girl plant make more baby plants!

The farmers who grow strawberries have a special job called "breeding." This means they help the boy and girl parent plants make really cute and tasty baby plants! They do this by taking the pollen from one kind of plant and putting it on another kind of plant's flower.

After they've done this for a while, the farmers can make new kinds of strawberry plants that have cool colors, shapes, and tastes. It's like having a magical crayon box for plants!

And that's how we get all the yummy strawberries we enjoy. But don't forget to thank the farmers who work hard to make them so delicious!